TRAVELS IN BARBARA. 
compel the Deity, out of pure self-defence, to 
grant the boon required. 
On the 13th of June, the embassy set out for 
Mequinez, where the emperor then resided. On 
their way, they saw a number of dwaries (dowars), 
or moveable villages of the Arabs. These villages 
are built in the form of a ring, leaving a large va- 
cant space in the inside ; the shiek's house stands 
in the centre. In the plains of Fez, there are 
said to be three hundred thousand of these people ; 
in Morocco only a hundred thousand ; but in Suz, 
a very great number. When they wish to remove 
to another place for the convenience of provisions 
or water, they load all their goods on their ca- 
mels and oxen, on whose backs they also place their 
wives and children in large wicker baskets, and 
thus journey till they have found a convenient set- 
tlement. 
On the 3d of July, the embassy arrived at Me- 
quinez, and, on the 6th, it was announced, that 
they would see the emperor. They entered the out- 
ward gate, and, passing through four large court- 
yards, came to some piazzas, where they sat for 
about half an hour. The monarch then appeared 
on horseback, with an umbrella over his head, and 
his guards behind, ranged in the form of a half- 
moon. When they came within fourscore yards of 
him, he alighted, and prostrated himself to the 
earth in prayer. He remained for some minutes 
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